My goal for the summer was to make sure that I did some NY things- go to museums, ballgames, and concerts. This Sunday we went to a Brooklyn Cyclones game in Coney Island. I am not a big baseball fan, but I have to admit I love hot dogs, nachos, pretzels, and super melty icecream with sprinkles. I also happen to love Coney Island. I think it has this insane slightly run down beauty. I hear that, as all things in NY are going, that they are going to be tearing it down and putting up condos! I think it is totally ridiculous. This is the parachute drop that was built for the 1939 World's Fair.
The Brooklyn Cyclones is a minor league team that feeds into the NY Mets.
But we didn't really watch the game- we were gossiping with our friends and eating and drinking....
Maybe I was distracted from the game, because I really wanted to walk on the boardwalk and take photos of Astroland, which is closing after this year. This is the WonderWheel and it is sooo fun. The cars on the outer edge are stationary, but the inner ones are on kidney shaped rails. As you come to about 10 o'clock or 2 o'clock the car slides forward and you get the gut wrenching sensation that you are sailing off the contraption onto the beach.
This is another truly terrifying experience. I think that it trumps other rollercoasters, because it is really a little rickety. You can fly way out of your seat and hear the wood beams creaking as you go by.
After reading a little about the proposed Coney Island development, it is a little unclear what they are going to do. Some people have purchased it for a lot of money and are planning resorts, condos, keeping the rides, etc... but who knows? It seems like quintessential NYC there and it is too bad that people are obsessed with the maximum financial gain. I guess that is technically a quintessential NY trait, but I feel like we would be experiencing an echo of what Coney Island is...was. Oh well, "Bump your Ass Off!" while you can!
The Brooklyn Cyclones is a minor league team that feeds into the NY Mets.
But we didn't really watch the game- we were gossiping with our friends and eating and drinking....
Maybe I was distracted from the game, because I really wanted to walk on the boardwalk and take photos of Astroland, which is closing after this year. This is the WonderWheel and it is sooo fun. The cars on the outer edge are stationary, but the inner ones are on kidney shaped rails. As you come to about 10 o'clock or 2 o'clock the car slides forward and you get the gut wrenching sensation that you are sailing off the contraption onto the beach.
This is another truly terrifying experience. I think that it trumps other rollercoasters, because it is really a little rickety. You can fly way out of your seat and hear the wood beams creaking as you go by.
After reading a little about the proposed Coney Island development, it is a little unclear what they are going to do. Some people have purchased it for a lot of money and are planning resorts, condos, keeping the rides, etc... but who knows? It seems like quintessential NYC there and it is too bad that people are obsessed with the maximum financial gain. I guess that is technically a quintessential NY trait, but I feel like we would be experiencing an echo of what Coney Island is...was. Oh well, "Bump your Ass Off!" while you can!
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